There are many of us who remember a turning point in our lives.

It could have been a sentence in a book we read, or a speech we heard, or advice given by an elder or teacher in school.

Very often, that turning point, or that life changing shot of confidence could have been, in doing something we were afraid to do, or thought we were incapable of doing.

In my recent interactions with two schools, one in Goa and the other in Mumbai, I stress the fact, that a performance by a student should not be a false charade on stage, but an opportunity, where a child is given a chance to perform, watches amazed as an audience applauds and goes home feeling himself or herself an achiever.

This can only be done when parents and teachers work hard with those children to help them achieve what in their mind, they think is impossible.

In the conquering of the impossible, in the climbing of the child’s Everest, that boy or girl will continue climbing other peaks and be a success in life.

Today, as I’ve been hearing nearly every week, of sons of politicians, driving their dad’s posh cars at incredible speeds and crashing into innocent men and women, some who are going for a walk, others on their two wheelers and some in their own little cars, I realise that that son was never allowed to become an achiever the hard way.

From day one, his rich or influential father or mother showcased his ‘spoilt’ behaviour as a sign of their success.

It was like dressing him up in the costliest of costumes, getting an amazing choreographer to work on dance and music, and showcasing the talentless fellow on stage.

It didn’t increase his confidence, it just showcased the parent’s wealth.

That boy or girl will continue being a menace to society because he has never really become confident in any skills or talents he or she has got, but will always rely on his dad’s car, the family wealth or mother’s pampering.

One day, when he is bereft of the piped music and dance, when the band stops playing, the car and the money gone, his world will come crashing down, but not before he or she has brought down the worlds of many other innocent bystanders.

Teach your children well.

Don’t let them just be your showpieces on a world stage, but let them through struggle and difficulty perform.

And when they do so, that will be the turning point of your child.

Let the bare, frightening stage beckon. Watch the shy child walk onto it, and then suddenly see himself or herself doing the impossible, then watch your child from that day on, not crashing cars into others, but breaking the glass ceiling and achieving!

Give your children the opportunity of a ‘turning point’..!

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